A paper recently published in the Journal of Animal Science evaluated the effects of maternal supplementation with an enriched source of monounsaturated fatty acid or of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid during the first third of gestation on productive and metabolic status of their offspring pre- and postweaning, postweaning plasma metabolites and hormones concentrations, and hypothalamic relative mRNA expression during the finishing period.

A study recently published in the Journal of Animal Science evaluated the economic and environmental impacts of these strategies that incorporated selection for pig feed:gain and dietary optimization based on a single or multiple objectives tailored to meet the population’s nutritional requirements, with the goal to optimize sustainable farm feed efficiency.

The authors of this recent Journal of Animal Science study evaluated the digestibility of HG food in dogs.

In recognition of the infographic efforts by the ASAS Journals and to enhance distribution, OUP (Oxford University Press) has begun to feature infographics on the OUP Blog each month.

Many members have noticed that we have yet to close out the March 2021 issue of Journal of Animal Science (JAS) or launch the April 2021 issue, let us begin by apologizing for the inconvenience.

The meeting venue for ICFAE is the newly opened Sweetgrass Inn on the Isle of Palms, SC.

In this recent Journal of Animal Science study, researchers chose to better understand the genetic parameters of bull fertility using fixed effect modeling.

Yesterday during the 2021 ASAS - ADSA Virtual Northeast Meeting we recognized several outstanding Northeast Members.

The authors of this recent Journal of Animal Science study did a meta-analysis of existing studies and then hypothesized that adding the lacking AA (such as Iso, Val or Trp) would ameliorate any AA imbalance issues.

The gallery, housed at animalimagegallery.org, provides images, animations, and short videos for classroom and outreach learning.

A recent study published in the Journal of Animal Science aimed to explore the correlations among circulating amino acids and insulin-like growth factor-I, growth hormone, and prolactin concentrations in plasma and producing tissue of lactating rats fed diets with varying protein content.

A recent study published in the Journal of Animal Science collected nearly all public sRNA-seq data to sequence and to improve the annotation for known microRNAs and identify novel microRNAs that have not yet been annotated in pigs.

Late-Breaking abstract submission is available for the 2021 ASAS-CSAS-SSASAS Annual Meeting and Trade Show! The submission deadline is May 25, 2021 at 3:00 PM CDT.

We understand why societies are struggling to decide what to do with meetings throughout 2021!

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is reopening the public comment period for an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding whether to establish regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed using genetic engineering.

The Dairy Checkoff has announced new initiatives that will provide opportunities for consumers and children to engage with dairy and learn about the industry’s sustainability efforts. The Dairy Checkoff will be working with the National Football league (NFL) to achieve these goals.

The National Dairy FARM Program (FARM) has published the “2020 Year in Review” which is the annual summary for the FARM Program, exploring the achievements and challenges faced during the year.

A new bipartisan bill introduced to the House would allow for unflavored and flavored whole milk to be offered in school cafeterias.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a new National Emphasis Program (NEP) focused on the COVID-19 pandemic.

The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will be launching a new initiative to study “Long COVID.”